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Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from South Slavic, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *strěxa.
Noun
strehë f (plural strehë, definite streha)
- eaves (of a roof)
- shelter, shed
- house, place to live
- Synonyms: banesë, shtëpi, vatër
- (figurative) shelter, protection
- Synonym: mbrojtje
- kërkoj strehë ― to seek shelter
- bill, brim (of a hat)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “strehε”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 394
- ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997) “strehë”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350), volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 249
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “strehë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 403
Further reading
- “strehë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- “strehë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980